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Demetrios III Eukairos. Atargatis Tetradrachm of Damascus.
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Seleukids. Demetrios III. 95-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.65 gm, 32.7mm, 12h) Damascus, c. 90 BC Bearded and diademed head right. / Cult statue of Atargatis, dressed in leaves, holding flower, grain stalks rising from shoulders, & dangling fillets. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ | ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Ν over Ě monogram to l. ex: ΒΚΣ (date SE 222). gVF. CNG Triton VI #466. SC 2451.6 w/ obv die-link to Demetrios III Eukairos 2451.7-9 (this coin cited); DCA 304; HGC 9 #1305. cf. SNG Spaer 2866 (Year ΔΚΣ); Newell LSM 127corr. (ΝĚ not ΑΕ); Houghton 861 (ΝĚ not ΝΑ).
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